TSUNAMI, KITE BEACH MAUI 3/11/11
The Hawaiian islands had a tsunami hit the state on Thursday, 3/11/11. The tsunami was caused by a major 8.8 earthquake that hit Japan. The state of Hawaii had a mandatory evacuation Thursday evening when we were issued a tsunami warning for the entire state. The tsunami hit at about 3:30am with a 6.5 foot wave coming in to Kahului harbor. The water surged all the way up to the Kahului post office (which is pretty far in). Luckily Kanaha Beach (kite beach) only suffered minor damage. Trees were uprooted, logs moved, some fences knocked down, but all in all we were very lucky.
Yesterday we went to the beach to check out the damage, there were about 25 people volunteering with the beach clean up. We all cleaned up the trash, moved rocks, moved the giant logs out of the shore line and removed all the dead trees. The tsunami also brought in new sand and now kite beach has a whole new look!!
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| Kite Beach after tsunami |
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| moving large logs out of the shorebreak |
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| Tom moving rocks and debris |
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| cleaning debris off beach |
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